GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| retrench | cut down |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |